Congratulatory Notes

Congratulations to Brad Jenkins, co PI of FLATE and program director for engineering technology at St. Petersburg College for being selected as the HI-TEC Educator of the year. Jenkins will be honored in July during the awards luncheon at the HI-TEC conference in Denver, CO. We look forward to honoring Jenkins’ many contributions to engineering technology education over many years, in Florida and across the country.

Special kudos to Dr. Edward Niespodziany for over 20 years of service to the engineering technology education community in Florida. Niespodziany is the program manager and the principal faculty member for engineering technology at College of Central Florida. He was also the recipient of the FLATE, manufacturing post-secondary educator-of-the-year award in 2008.

Congratulations to Emilio Sanchez and Burton Bellamy for earning their A.S. degree in engineering technology at Hillsborough Community College. Emilio and Burton both graduated in May 2012, and have secured jobs and new assignments. Look out for full updates on Emilio and Burton and their career/educational pathway in the next edition of the FLATE Focus.

NOCTI Book

If you are new to CTE administration or considering moving into that arena, you might want to check out this new resource published by ACTE and written by NOCTI. There are lots of hot tips, check lists and and case studies / notes from the field including our experiences here at FLATE working with our industry partners through advisory committees or boards. (You can find FLATE on page 56!). You don’t have to re-invent the wheel.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation, under the following grant DUE# 1204751. "Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."